Senator Rand Paul now 8th on ballot for March 1, 2016 Va. GOP Primary

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) has announced that Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is the eighth Republican candidate to submit signatures for “pre-check” review by the RPV and for submission to the State Board of Elections.

RPV reviewed the signatures on the petitions submitted and the Paul Campaign passed the pre-check process with significantly more signatures than required to meet the 5,000 statewide and 200 per Congressional District requirements of Virginia law.

“Senator Paul and his campaign have worked the grassroots process of attaining this signatures very hard and join the growing numbers of Republican candidates who have qualified for the 2016 ballot,” according to a statement from RPV Chairman John Whitbeck. “The Commonwealth of Virginia has a rigorous process to attain our ballot and Senator Paul and the other candidates, both already approved and those coming thorough in the coming days, show how important Virginia is to the GOP.”

“I am grateful to the volunteers and grassroots activists from the Commonwealth who support my candidacy and stand with me in defense of the entire Bill of Rights. By appearing on the Virginia ballot, we are one step closer to defeating the Washington Machine and unleashing the American Dream,”  Paul was quoted as saying in a press release.

Eight GOP candidates, Donald Trump, Governor John Kasich, former Governor Jeb Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Senator Ted Cruz, Gov. Christie, Sen. Lindsey Graham and now Senator Rand Paul have gone through the pre-check process and more candidates will do so in the coming days. Virginia will hold a primary on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.